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Michigan St at Penn St: Box Score

Saturday Dec 12, 2020 12:00 pm - University Park, PA
Odds: Penn St. by 14.5, Total Points: 46

Matchup Menu: MSU @ PSU

More Games From Week 15
  1 2 3 4
T
Michigan St. Spartans (4-8) 0 21 3 0
24
Penn St. Nittany Lions (10-2) 3 7 15 14
39

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary MSU
PSU
Penn St 6:10 3 Field Goal: Jake Pinegar kicks a 24 yard field goal. 0
3
2nd Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary MSU
PSU
Michigan St 13:50 6 1 Passing TD: Jalen Nailor 45 yard pass from Payton Thorne. Extra Point good by Matt Coghlin. 7
3
Penn St 10:00 6 1 Rushing TD: Sean Clifford 31 yard rush. Extra Point good by Jake Pinegar. 7
10
Michigan St 6:24 6 1 Passing TD: Tre'von Morgan 26 yard pass from Payton Thorne. Extra Point good by Matt Coghlin. 14
10
Michigan St 1:26 6 1 Passing TD: Jalen Nailor 7 yard pass from Payton Thorne. Extra Point good by Matt Coghlin. 21
10
3rd Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary MSU
PSU
Penn St 10:07 6 2 Passing TD: Parker Washington 8 yard pass from Sean Clifford. Two Point Conversion good Jahan Dotson. 21
18
Michigan St 1:59 3 Field Goal: Matt Coghlin kicks a 23 yard field goal. 24
18
Penn St 0:02 6 1 Rushing TD: Will Levis 1 yard rush. Extra Point good by Jake Pinegar. 24
25
4th Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary MSU
PSU
Penn St 12:18 6 1 Passing TD: Parker Washington 49 yard pass from Sean Clifford. Extra Point good by Jake Pinegar. 24
32
Penn St 11:24 6 1 Touchdown Jahan Dotson. Extra Point good by Jake Pinegar. 24
39
MSU
PSU
1st Downs 21
21
Passing 1st downs 15
12
Rushing 1st downs 4
7
1st downs from Penalties 2
2
3rd down efficiency 2-12
4-12
3rd down conversion % 16.7%
33.3%
4th down efficiency 0-1
0-1
4th down conversion % 0.0%
0.0%
Total Plays 73
70
Total Yards 396
405
Net Yards Passing 325
286
Sacked-Yards lost 4-22
0-0
Gross yards passing 347
286
Completions-Attempts 22-39
20-30
Completion% 56.4%
66.7%
Net yards per pass play 7.6
9.5
Touchdowns 3
2
Interceptions 1
0
Passer Rating 146.7
168.7
Net Yards Rushing 71
119
Rushing attempts 30
40
Yards per rush 2.4
3.0
Touchdowns 0
2
MSU
PSU
Red Zone (Made-Att) 2-3
3-3
Red Zone Success % 66.7%
100.0%
Penalties 7-57
5-45
Turnovers 1
1
Fumbles-Lost 0-0
1-1
Interceptions thrown 1
0
Punting (Punts-Yards) 7-310
5-209
Yards per Punt 44.3
41.8
Field Goals 1-1
1-1
Extra Points 3
4
Punt Returns (Returns-Yards) 1-10
2-81
Yards per return 10.0
40.5
Kickoff Returns (Returns-Yards) 1-20
5-102
Yards per return 20.0
20.4
Possession 26:36
33:24
1st Quarter 05:47
09:13
2nd Quarter 07:00
08:00
3rd Quarter 07:16
07:44
4th Quarter 06:33
08:27

Michigan St. Spartans Passing

  C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT NCAAF RATING
Payton Thorne 22/39 325 8.3 3 1 146.7
Team 22/39 347 8.9 3 1 146.7

Michigan St. Spartans Rushing

  CAR YDS AVG TD
Jordon Simmons 14 72 5.1 0
Jayden Reed 2 12 6.0 0
Connor Heyward 5 10 2.0 0
Elijah Collins 1 -3 -3.0 0
Payton Thorne 8 -20 -2.5 0
Team 30 71 2.4 0

Michigan St. Spartans Receiving

  REC YDS AVG TD
Jayden Reed 6 76 12.7 0
Jalen Nailor 6 100 16.7 2
Matt Dotson 3 48 16.0 0
Tre'von Morgan 2 46 23.0 1
Tre Mosley 3 30 10.0 0
Tyler Hunt 1 17 17.0 0
Elijah Collins 1 8 8.0 0
Team 22 347 15.8 3

Michigan St. Spartans Fumbles

  FUM LOST
Team 0 0

Michigan St. Spartans Interceptions

  INT YDS
Team 0 0

Michigan St. Spartans Defensive

  TACKLES MISC
  TOT SOLO SACKS TFL PD
Jalen Nailor 1 1 0 0 0
Antjuan Simmons 10 2 0 0.5 0
Noah Harvey 9 6 0 0 1
Drew Beesley 7 4 0 0 1
Dashaun Mallory 6 5 0 0.5 0
Angelo Grose 5 4 0 0 0
Jack Camper 5 2 0 1 0
Naquan Jones 4 1 0 0 1
Xavier Henderson 4 4 0 0 0
Kalon Gervin 4 1 0 0 1
Michael Dowell 3 1 0 0 0
Shakur Brown 2 2 0 0 0
Jacob Slade 2 2 0 0 0
Brandon Wright 2 2 0 0 0
Chase Kline 2 0 0 0 0
Montorie Foster 1 0 0 0 0
Emmanuel Flowers 1 0 0 0 0
Jeff Pietrowski 1 0 0 0 0
Maverick Hansen 1 0 0 0 0
Jack Mandryk 1 1 0 0 0
Davion Williams 1 0 0 0 0
David Kruse 1 0 0 0 0
Elijah Collins 2 1 0 0 0
Team 75 39 0 2 4

Michigan St. Spartans Kick Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Jayden Reed 1 20 20.0 20
Team 1 20 20.0

Michigan St. Spartans Punt Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Jayden Reed 1 10 10.0 10
Team 1 10 10.0

Michigan St. Spartans Kicking

  FG PCT LONG XP PTS
Matt Coghlin 1/1 100.0% 23 3 3
Team 1/1 100.0% 3 3

Michigan St. Spartans Punting

  TOT YDS AVG LG
Bryce Baringer 6 266 44.3 55
Mitchell Crawford 1 44 44.0 44
Team 7 310 44.3

Penn St. Nittany Lions Passing

  C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT NCAAF RATING
Sean Clifford 17/27 232 8.6 2 0 159.6
Will Levis 3/3 54 18.0 0 0 251.2
Team 20/30 286 9.5 2 0 168.7

Penn St. Nittany Lions Rushing

  CAR YDS AVG TD
Sean Clifford 9 48 5.3 1
Will Levis 15 36 2.4 1
Keyvone Lee 12 31 2.6 0
Caziah Holmes 2 8 4.0 0
Team 40 119 3.0 2

Penn St. Nittany Lions Receiving

  REC YDS AVG TD
Keyvone Lee 2 14 7.0 0
Jahan Dotson 8 108 13.5 0
Parker Washington 4 95 23.8 2
Brenton Strange 3 45 15.0 0
Keandre Lambert-Smith 3 24 8.0 0
Team 20 286 14.3 2

Penn St. Nittany Lions Fumbles

  FUM LOST
Jaquan Brisker 1 1
Team 1 1

Penn St. Nittany Lions Interceptions

  INT YDS
Jaquan Brisker 1 18
Team 1 18

Penn St. Nittany Lions Defensive

  TACKLES MISC
  TOT SOLO SACKS TFL PD
Jaquan Brisker 9 6 0 1.5 0
Shane Simmons 7 2 1.5 2 1
Jesse Luketa 7 2 0 0.5 1
Ellis Brooks 6 3 0 1 0
Shaka Toney 5 4 0 1 0
Curtis Jacobs 4 4 0 0 0
Joey Porter Jr. 3 1 0 0 0
Antonio Shelton 3 1 1.5 1.5 0
Jonathan Sutherland 3 1 0.5 1.5 0
Lamont Wade 3 1 0 0 1
Marquis Wilson 2 2 0 0 0
PJ Mustipher 2 1 0 0 0
Drew Hartlaub 2 0 0 0 0
Brandon Smith 2 0 0 0 0
Daequan Hardy 2 2 0 0 0
Fred Hansard 1 0 0 0.5 0
Adisa Isaac 1 0 0.5 0.5 0
Theo Johnson 1 0 0 0 0
Keaton Ellis 1 1 0 0 0
Smith Vilbert 1 0 0 0 0
Team 65 31 4 10 3

Penn St. Nittany Lions Kick Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Lamont Wade 3 87 29.0 37
Nick Tarburton 1 15 15.0 15
Robbie Dwyer 1 0 0.0 0
Team 5 102 20.4

Penn St. Nittany Lions Punt Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Jahan Dotson 2 81 40.5 81
Team 2 81 40.5

Penn St. Nittany Lions Kicking

  FG PCT LONG XP PTS
Jake Pinegar 1/1 100.0% 24 4 4
Team 1/1 100.0% 4 4

Penn St. Nittany Lions Punting

  TOT YDS AVG LG
Jordan Stout 5 209 41.8 53
Team 5 209 41.8